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actually in dc to at least a part of the hearing and i know that his team and we collectively as a city elected family must make sure that we continue to fight. the second point today is i would like to, i'm introducing a hearing request on a very important issue which we as a city and a country to have deal with and that is the implementation of the affordable care act. so i'm calling for a hearing on how the department of public health is planning to implement the affordable care act here in san francisco. the hearing will look into what implications the implementation will have for the san francisco program and the ordinance that was by supervisor aaron oh. we know for instance that the undocumented population is left out of coverage by the affordable care act so we need to know what that means for the city and county of san francisco. i know besides what needs to happen within the city of government, we have to talk about how we work with other health care institutions, whether it's the clinic consortium and other hospitals and i know that it's contingent on legislation being passed at the
actually in dc to at least a part of the hearing and i know that his team and we collectively as a city elected family must make sure that we continue to fight. the second point today is i would like to, i'm introducing a hearing request on a very important issue which we as a city and a country to have deal with and that is the implementation of the affordable care act. so i'm calling for a hearing on how the department of public health is planning to implement the affordable care act here in...
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has been our chief for years and to ensure a project happens like this on time. [ applause ] as an elected official i'm very sympathetic acknowledging other officials, jose cisneros from our treasurer's office and former assembly woman, i would be remiss if we didn't acknowledge our former mayor willie brown and john mayor who has been very supportive. thank you to them as well. i recognize our director, but i think it's important to recognize our board of directors who has been really instrumental in advising this project from a construction standpoint and community standpoint and i want to recognize our directors, art lloyd, gabriel metcalf, director of mta and john, we also have alternate member greg harper, a founding member of the board that will be participating more frequently. i want to thank everyone today. it's been a long process to get here. everyone involved in this project knows. thank you to everyone here. [ applause ] >> i for got to mention that our state senator mark leno has also presented a certificate of recognition to the transbay transit tower. it congratulations on
has been our chief for years and to ensure a project happens like this on time. [ applause ] as an elected official i'm very sympathetic acknowledging other officials, jose cisneros from our treasurer's office and former assembly woman, i would be remiss if we didn't acknowledge our former mayor willie brown and john mayor who has been very supportive. thank you to them as well. i recognize our director, but i think it's important to recognize our board of directors who has been really...
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that happened before the election. think about the payroll tax break we were able to get through congress. there was resistance until we traveled around the country and talked about it. the same when the interest rates on the student loans were about to double. we got a lot of young people interested. that helps make the case to congress for why we were proposing was so important. we look forward to doing war of that in the second term -- more of that in the second term. >> you have been a liaison to the business community. they were not confident three of the first --complimentary of the president first term. many of them supported romney. what would happen there? what weave to remember were going through when the president took office. the economy was in crisis. the stock market was in a freefall. the world economy was teetering on the brink the cause of what was going on in the u.s. the president had to make tough and often unpopular decisions to continue the bailout of the banks that president should started -- pre
that happened before the election. think about the payroll tax break we were able to get through congress. there was resistance until we traveled around the country and talked about it. the same when the interest rates on the student loans were about to double. we got a lot of young people interested. that helps make the case to congress for why we were proposing was so important. we look forward to doing war of that in the second term -- more of that in the second term. >> you have been...
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public financing of elections to limit the influence of real estate and wall street in elections. and that's actually something that we can directly get involved in as citizens of new york state, to help lead the way in the country to limit what juan was talking about, money in elections. >> let me make one observation here. let me put a couple things together. when that hedge fund guy came after me, it was an interesting thing because it reflected something that i hadn't thought about before which is how could they be so touchy? what are they worried about? hey, if i just made a billion dollars on a deal and i didn't get prosecuted, why would i care what a two bit blogger says about me? i mean, you know, i'm not exactly in "the new york times" every week. what i realized was what they're worried about is a popular uproar against them. they're worried that something like occupy wall street's going to happen. because this happened before occupy wall street, when i wrote the article. they're worried that a bunch of people are going to go to the streets and demand their heads on a pl
public financing of elections to limit the influence of real estate and wall street in elections. and that's actually something that we can directly get involved in as citizens of new york state, to help lead the way in the country to limit what juan was talking about, money in elections. >> let me make one observation here. let me put a couple things together. when that hedge fund guy came after me, it was an interesting thing because it reflected something that i hadn't thought about...
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waters and injured many others including was in the group hour was heading to a regional election rally when the attack happened taliban religions who had warned people from attending the rallies of secular parties have admitted been behind the ambush. there's been a fierce fighting injuries capitol crowds of hooded men are turned up at protests commemoration commemorating two brothers killed by police during an anti regime almost three decades ago gunshots were heard as riot police was deployed to calm the unrest in san diego there were dozens of arrests as protesters held molotov cocktails at security forces raised barricades and upon life. neo nazi demonstrators and the anti fascism have faced off in munich a left wing supporters gathered to come to a rally by the extreme right i guess the upcoming trial of the nationalists socialist underground group its members with a series of immigrants murders and bombing that targeted a turkish shopping area a fashion is considered terrorist one german company. those opposed to all those d.-day drones are flying in the american skies in a few m
waters and injured many others including was in the group hour was heading to a regional election rally when the attack happened taliban religions who had warned people from attending the rallies of secular parties have admitted been behind the ambush. there's been a fierce fighting injuries capitol crowds of hooded men are turned up at protests commemoration commemorating two brothers killed by police during an anti regime almost three decades ago gunshots were heard as riot police was...
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the primariest in to get there, to be elected, but thehe general election, electoral college is controlled by the swing states and that is not where we are. we do not have the kind of leverage to do that. i often talk to the congressional black caucus. i say, you should think more like the israeli knesset and shipped back and forth from party to party and key vote back and forth from party to party on key voted issues. andome big issue came up they said, we are going to go and cut a deal with boehner and the next day we will cut a deal with pelosi and we will go to black folks and explain it. we can always come back and swing this way and swing that way. you might be able to shake up things that way. themselves as of a commentary system opposed to locked into a party. it would be hard to motivate the of thisf these -- country to say, vote for the minority party. you have 36 million hispanics and growing at a faster rate than the country as a whole. what is your leverage? push within your own community to build your own sense of who you a liar and make everything you to let the local, natio
the primariest in to get there, to be elected, but thehe general election, electoral college is controlled by the swing states and that is not where we are. we do not have the kind of leverage to do that. i often talk to the congressional black caucus. i say, you should think more like the israeli knesset and shipped back and forth from party to party and key vote back and forth from party to party on key voted issues. andome big issue came up they said, we are going to go and cut a deal with...
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to represent their constituencies but if you can't guarantee that democracy will be democratically elected you can't guarantee that people are not afraid to go and vote you can't guarantee there won't be oppression and violence around that process and you can't guarantee as well that the people who are then elected have real powers to represent their constituents then it's not a real democracy it's just yet another oligarchy it's another dictatorship imposed on the hapless people have again notoriety for causing collateral damage overseas washington's arm and drug fleets now out the home front u.s. experts predict tens of thousands of unarmed aircraft could be patrolling american skies by the end of the decade but the early true meeting some fierce resistance on the ground if you can reports next. one point this documentary on u.s. public television touts the technological capabilities of drones and their new super sensors this image was taken seventeen thousand five hundred feet above quantico virginia and covers fifteen square miles if we wanted to know what is going on in any spot along
to represent their constituencies but if you can't guarantee that democracy will be democratically elected you can't guarantee that people are not afraid to go and vote you can't guarantee there won't be oppression and violence around that process and you can't guarantee as well that the people who are then elected have real powers to represent their constituents then it's not a real democracy it's just yet another oligarchy it's another dictatorship imposed on the hapless people have again...
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did not lose the elect on social issues, and tea partier, says they are focusing on wrong issue they should be focus on on taxes and debt on win back voter, katrina. immediate post modum, how could you lose all those voters and you say after that not it. that is still place guided? >> i do, i believe that republicans are having such a hard time communicating to their base, and i don't think that going outside of their principles will win them over any more votes, we have to stick to when we know works, tea partiers turned out and returned congress to republican party in 2010, not because they were republicans, not because they were morally on the right side. but because we topped return the fiduciary issues back to where u.s. government should be within the u.s., and the people who make it great. charles: do you feel like at some point, you talked about the base, hard to argue that base is not getting older and smaller. at some point do you have to articulate your core values to your noncore audience? even if you say have won last elect with strategy you describe, there some point, y
did not lose the elect on social issues, and tea partier, says they are focusing on wrong issue they should be focus on on taxes and debt on win back voter, katrina. immediate post modum, how could you lose all those voters and you say after that not it. that is still place guided? >> i do, i believe that republicans are having such a hard time communicating to their base, and i don't think that going outside of their principles will win them over any more votes, we have to stick to when...
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think about how our president got elected. not based on what he has done, but how he makes people feel. the power of personal touch. the next time you talk to someone, remember their story and retell the story. someone else will see them self in that story. last, but not least, we have to instill confidence and inspire people. we face some serious, daunting problems in our country. gloomndits of doom and will tell you that everything is bought. the economy is broken beyond repair and people are powerless to improve their communities. this great nation is in decline and our best days are behind us and not ahead of us. that is what they will tell you, that everything is over. constantlook at the drumbeat of the negative, you always ask, maybe they are right. even the most positive among us have a hard time waking up in the morning. how many of you felt depressed november 2? yeah, right? what do we do? i'm here to tell you that there is cause for confidence. confidence in leaders thatout t. confidence that we can improve our comm
think about how our president got elected. not based on what he has done, but how he makes people feel. the power of personal touch. the next time you talk to someone, remember their story and retell the story. someone else will see them self in that story. last, but not least, we have to instill confidence and inspire people. we face some serious, daunting problems in our country. gloomndits of doom and will tell you that everything is bought. the economy is broken beyond repair and people are...
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we have reform so that judges are elected more democratically. we give residents more control of their future needs. we passed the largest tax cut in state history, eliminating that tax on small business owners altogether. we went from one of the highest tax regions to one of the lowest. i want to make kansas the best place in america to raise a family and grow a business. for those who come to our state because of lower taxes, opportunities abound. inhad an all-time record kansas. kansas recently received an a when it comes to environment. we have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country. all signs of economic growth.
we have reform so that judges are elected more democratically. we give residents more control of their future needs. we passed the largest tax cut in state history, eliminating that tax on small business owners altogether. we went from one of the highest tax regions to one of the lowest. i want to make kansas the best place in america to raise a family and grow a business. for those who come to our state because of lower taxes, opportunities abound. inhad an all-time record kansas. kansas...
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reflected in their votes in congress so let's talk about that how can we expect these people that we elect in the congress who say that they're going to serve the public interest really know what's going on in camden new jersey or detroit michigan where there's so much poverty how can we expect them to regulate properly it is a serious problem ideally in the age of social media better communication that there can be the importation of can the new jersey into washington a little bit better i mean the united states' policy is shaped very profoundly by television we gauge center along with other places because of the. graphic television images that we see of some of these places so i think i think the problem can be answered but but you you raise an important issue is if your paycheck is really not being dented the way it is from a recession and it does change the way you behave and how you think in the decisions that you make so is this just the name of the game or is that a breach of public trust well i don't know that i would call it a breach of public trust i would call it a psychological
reflected in their votes in congress so let's talk about that how can we expect these people that we elect in the congress who say that they're going to serve the public interest really know what's going on in camden new jersey or detroit michigan where there's so much poverty how can we expect them to regulate properly it is a serious problem ideally in the age of social media better communication that there can be the importation of can the new jersey into washington a little bit better i...
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then the 2012 election. after that another chance to see q&a with code pink founder. >> the sequester will reduce r grants by about 5% which equates to $22 million or so which will be distributed among the various licenseees and stations i have described. so we have taken about a 13% cut in our overall funding in the last two years. if the entire government had sustained cuts we had sustained the budget would be $500 illion smaller than it is now. so we feel we've made a significant contribution to debt reduction. >> the impact of spending cuts on public television on the communicate tors on c-span2. >> the british house of commons is in recess so prime minister's questions will not be seen tonight. it returns on april 17 on c-span2. next a discussion on the prospects of the house and senate agreingsing on a 2014 budget. this is from "washington journal." it's about 30 minutes. >> and we're back with our budget round table. stan collender writes for roll call and capital gains and games.com. and peter morici
then the 2012 election. after that another chance to see q&a with code pink founder. >> the sequester will reduce r grants by about 5% which equates to $22 million or so which will be distributed among the various licenseees and stations i have described. so we have taken about a 13% cut in our overall funding in the last two years. if the entire government had sustained cuts we had sustained the budget would be $500 illion smaller than it is now. so we feel we've made a significant...
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there is a way we need to bust free of this old notion of an economy based on dots. >> it is electing a new generation. tavis: the folk in washington, they are not stupid. why cannot understand this concept? >> at a gut level, it makes sense. there is a sense of, that cannot work. anybody trust to be up front, you are trying to find those breakthrough ideas that challenge us intellectually, but once you get there, it opens up so many new doors. everything i use is already here. is underutilized. people want in from out of the rain. it was all there. i just moved the pieces around. to show a better way in which communities can really work in a way that not only liberate. >> now the nation knows how passionate you are about what you do and how brilliant you are at the way you do it. the benefit for the work you do now of having been a club promoter. how does that parallel? >> the reason i wanted to open a club, i was 10 years old in 1968 when dr. king was murdered and a few months later, robert kennedy. at 10 when you open up and you see the world way it really is, i cannot figure out w
there is a way we need to bust free of this old notion of an economy based on dots. >> it is electing a new generation. tavis: the folk in washington, they are not stupid. why cannot understand this concept? >> at a gut level, it makes sense. there is a sense of, that cannot work. anybody trust to be up front, you are trying to find those breakthrough ideas that challenge us intellectually, but once you get there, it opens up so many new doors. everything i use is already here. is...
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public and the election results we see some different. in terms of the polls between 1996 and 68 percent of people who were against same-sex marriage to a 27 percent in favor of the last couple of years to to 3 percent in favor in 2011 and 50 percent in favor in 2012, so there has been a shift. the reason we see that is people are increasingly recognizing that gays and lesbians are there, neighbors, fellow citizens and so on. >> and yet every time so far we have four elections coming, maryland and washington in minnesota and in maine. they span the spectrum. in two states washington and maryland the legislature passed a marriage and it is now going to the voters to either veto or affirm the legislature's decision in minnesota. why you think it is not yet -- why are there so many people who really are not on board with this game marriage? >> i think it is a fair question, although i don't like it when you call it the gingrich gang. maybe think it is trendy. but the -- >> she just told us it was a trend. >> i did not mean it that way. i was
public and the election results we see some different. in terms of the polls between 1996 and 68 percent of people who were against same-sex marriage to a 27 percent in favor of the last couple of years to to 3 percent in favor in 2011 and 50 percent in favor in 2012, so there has been a shift. the reason we see that is people are increasingly recognizing that gays and lesbians are there, neighbors, fellow citizens and so on. >> and yet every time so far we have four elections coming,...
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. >> and, yet, every time that, so far, we have four elections coming up, and this november on maryland, washington, in minnesota, and in maine, and they have spectrum, and in two states, washington and maryland, the legislature passed gay marriage, and it's now going to the voters to veto it or to affirm the legislature's decision. in minnesota, they are voting on a marriage amendment that marriage is one man and one woman, 30-some odd states passed that similar legislation, and in maine, for the first time, trying to actually pass gay marriage. >> uh-huh. >> it'll be an interesting election. >> it is. >> for those of us who watch marriage, and, yet, you know, up until this year, gay marriage never won in an open vote so given -- this is a real question, you know, given the simple, and in many ways, beautiful case that you're laying out for gay marriage, why do you think it has not yet -- why is there so many people who really are not on board with this gay marriage thing? >> i think it's a fair question, al e though i don't like when you call it the "gay marriage thing," it makes it s
. >> and, yet, every time that, so far, we have four elections coming up, and this november on maryland, washington, in minnesota, and in maine, and they have spectrum, and in two states, washington and maryland, the legislature passed gay marriage, and it's now going to the voters to veto it or to affirm the legislature's decision. in minnesota, they are voting on a marriage amendment that marriage is one man and one woman, 30-some odd states passed that similar legislation, and in...
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we elect our officials. the way we keep talking about congress as them and the other people, we are all the same. i think it takes a small shift for us to recognize that we are all really at the root wanting the same thing. >> i come at this from a business perspective. you're trying to make a very difficult decision. you have side a that says you should be one thing and side b that says you can do something different. what works well is to have them have -- them switch sides and argue the other person's perspective and develop some appreciation for how the other person sees the world. what happens as a result of that, you get much better decisions. i do not know how that applies to the political process. businesses are hierarchies. you do this and you do this and people cooperate. the other point i would make is that with all due respect, i think we are giving the hunger games a bad name. [laughter] people at least do get fed based on who wins. our model is more like "jerry springer" where there is a lot of
we elect our officials. the way we keep talking about congress as them and the other people, we are all the same. i think it takes a small shift for us to recognize that we are all really at the root wanting the same thing. >> i come at this from a business perspective. you're trying to make a very difficult decision. you have side a that says you should be one thing and side b that says you can do something different. what works well is to have them have -- them switch sides and argue...
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once we come out of that election, the buildup to the other election is that that was a corrupt bargain. settingescribed 1824 the stage for 1828. the 1828 campaign was older enmity fought together again. how did it play out? 1824, jackson was not quite sure he was ready to be president. vote and it was stolen from him, he knew he was meant to be president. election hade stolen the people's presidency. when he came out in 1828, he came out fighting. >> what was interesting about the campaign was that it was a precursor to modern campaigning. he and his surrogates for out on the stump. as many as 800,000 more americans voted in that election as they had in the previous ones the -- the previous one. how had he thought of that? >> it was the growing development of a national party that martin and iran had been working on with people -- martin van buren had been working on with people in the south. this was a time of great technological change. we had real growth and newspapers and new communication methods coming to bear as well as a much larger electorate. white maleral suffrage in all of
once we come out of that election, the buildup to the other election is that that was a corrupt bargain. settingescribed 1824 the stage for 1828. the 1828 campaign was older enmity fought together again. how did it play out? 1824, jackson was not quite sure he was ready to be president. vote and it was stolen from him, he knew he was meant to be president. election hade stolen the people's presidency. when he came out in 1828, he came out fighting. >> what was interesting about the...
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takers and makers stuff from last election. of course. he's got company. former south carolina senator jim demint kicked off his first day as president of the conservative heritage foundation with a letter to the staff saying, "more people than ever before, 69.5 million americans from college students to retirees to welfare beneficiaries defend on the federal government for housing, food, income, student aid or other assistance. the united states must reverse the direction of these trends or face economic or social collapse." you remember him as the florida republican who said 71 to 81 race specific house members are members of the party. anyway, west traveled to l.a. as part of his web series recently and had a tough time adjusting. >> i have to correct a nice young lady at a nearby lunch stop who wanted to put sprouts on my turkey and swiss sandwich? i had someone ask me if i want to go to a real nice sushi restaurant, but i had to tell them that i don't eat bait. needless to say, it has, indeed, been interesting being out here in l.a. >> well, there you
takers and makers stuff from last election. of course. he's got company. former south carolina senator jim demint kicked off his first day as president of the conservative heritage foundation with a letter to the staff saying, "more people than ever before, 69.5 million americans from college students to retirees to welfare beneficiaries defend on the federal government for housing, food, income, student aid or other assistance. the united states must reverse the direction of these trends...
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in 2007 he was re-elected as mayor with more than 70 percent of the vote, which is unheard of. please welcome our lieutenant governor, gavin newsom. >> my role was to get tom to speak. i'm just going to jump in because i want to keep you all on time. you've got an agenda packet and i'm going to be held accountable if you don't meet it. roslyn, let's pick up on tom's passion. he told me a couple points that are important, that is the consciousness awareness, this growing consciousness around bullying. and it's a question i guess that requires, has bullying gotten worse or have we gotten better to begin to recognize it? >> hard to know. tom and the president refer to as far too often as a rite of passage. we certainly are seeing evidence in ways that i don't recall, the levels of violence, the vitriolic violence, it's not just coming from the back of the school, it's coming at home, social media, you are inundated with it, the effects of it. we also certainly there's been an evolution of what we should tolerate. for me, for example, very early on in the administration i had the p
in 2007 he was re-elected as mayor with more than 70 percent of the vote, which is unheard of. please welcome our lieutenant governor, gavin newsom. >> my role was to get tom to speak. i'm just going to jump in because i want to keep you all on time. you've got an agenda packet and i'm going to be held accountable if you don't meet it. roslyn, let's pick up on tom's passion. he told me a couple points that are important, that is the consciousness awareness, this growing consciousness...
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>> i was surprised depends on what point of the election night going into election day, i had spent five days on the road with governor romney campaigning all over the country. when you show up and you see 50 and 60,000 people coming together at the end of a campaign, you can't help but feel the momentum is moving in your favor and you're going to win. some of the people would say the polling was off. it's not that we made up in our minds, we had polling that told us that things looked -- >> let me interrupt you on that for a second, is it right the polling models used 2004 results and 2010 results did not include the 2008? >> that may be right for some. our internal models used -- >> you sure? >> yes. >> one of the >> there was certainly an assumption there that data, the turnout model wouldn't be overly accurate. but to say it wasn't used is not accurate. >> but it was so off. you're in business and you know that sort of wishful thinking can really cloud judgment. where were skeptics? was there anybody in the campaign who willing to say, you know, our internal polls are at odds. you sa
>> i was surprised depends on what point of the election night going into election day, i had spent five days on the road with governor romney campaigning all over the country. when you show up and you see 50 and 60,000 people coming together at the end of a campaign, you can't help but feel the momentum is moving in your favor and you're going to win. some of the people would say the polling was off. it's not that we made up in our minds, we had polling that told us that things looked --...
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nothing in the election change that. because of the way that nation is divided the direction we should take is undecided. meanwhile, the power of compounding is not our friend. recovery is the weakest as has been in modern times. our entitlement programs, everyone recognizes there are unsustainable, literally unsustainable and growing magnitude without change. regulations are outdated, complex, costly, and certainly creating way too much uncertainty. education system does not help enough and people in the power of knowledge to pursue dreams as they see fit. our debt levels are way too high and rising rather than declining . our tax policy is way too complicated and it punishes savings and success. our social and economic mobility, something they used to define america, something that we have been propped up a legitimate reasons irrespective of where you start effuse work are employed by the rules you can achieve great things has diminished. a mocks the developed countries of the world we are least economically mobile. ou
nothing in the election change that. because of the way that nation is divided the direction we should take is undecided. meanwhile, the power of compounding is not our friend. recovery is the weakest as has been in modern times. our entitlement programs, everyone recognizes there are unsustainable, literally unsustainable and growing magnitude without change. regulations are outdated, complex, costly, and certainly creating way too much uncertainty. education system does not help enough and...
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. >> you think the republicans need a 100-page study to figure out why they lost the election? >> they could probably do it in a few paragraphs, but i commend reince priebus for doing it. i think it took a lot of courage on his part to admit to although the negative stereotypes. they are going to go the way of the wigs if they don't recognize the new american electorate. and he has some reforms that make 70s. fewer debates. that was great entertainment watching the republicans, but they made it very difficult for mitt romney to appeal to a broader electorate because of the positions he had to take to get through the primary. and an earlier convention might help. hiring people to go out into the country, that borrows a little from howard dean's 50- state strategy, and that's a good thing, but hiring people who are comfortable in various districts in this country reminds me a little bit of the tobacco industry when they back in the day hired all these gorgeous young people to go out and promote tobacco. the problem that the republican party has is what they're selling is toxic. >
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i must win the elections next year. but i am committed to stay the course because it's the right thing to do and even if it ends up costing me, that's okay, that's fine. [applause] we also have implemented a social program to make sure we push the evaluation that we were forced to implement last year in order to bring our economy back on track. it also meant introducing austerity measures including reducing my own salary by 30%. poverty eradication is on top of my agenda and we believe that we will only begin to change the institution of malawi when we begin to help malawians create jobs and create wealth. so we are talking about a -- economy. i also introduced two presidential initiatives. one energy and the other production organizing women and youth -- by the traditional growing of means for survival. i also insist that women and youth must get support. i am talking about creating jobs but also assuring that women and youth have special opportunities and what has become very clear to me is that women and children in
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they want elections after that. or the opposition who they consider it equally corrupt that they came to the new media. they organized an on line voting like what are the three most important things? we are talking about the very strong sample of the 2 million people in the country where a lot of people are using -- i wouldn't say we can use this anywhere in the world. there is one case where the new media's use for achieving unity around this level of plat warm. and by the way they were six tesla. the prime minister resigned a few weeks ago and the leader of the main opposition party resigned from the opposition party. they have a lovely woman for a temporary prime minister now as we speak. when you look at the unity it's really clear. it makes all the difference between the success and failure. what you really need to learn is how you achieve this and what is the simple common denominator of which we want? this is not just wanting mubarak to leave. it's like what do you want, but i'm not sure that the people are l
they want elections after that. or the opposition who they consider it equally corrupt that they came to the new media. they organized an on line voting like what are the three most important things? we are talking about the very strong sample of the 2 million people in the country where a lot of people are using -- i wouldn't say we can use this anywhere in the world. there is one case where the new media's use for achieving unity around this level of plat warm. and by the way they were six...
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during the election campaigns they were not in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage. they don't have to run again for six years, they can see where public opinion is going. no democrat in the past in a presidential campaign has supported same-sex marriage until president obama. it's inconceivable that any of the people who run for the democratic nomination in 2016 will be opposed to legalizing it. doyle: what about on the republican side? >> the republican side is different. there are a few republicans as we know who are in favor of it. rob portman, the senator from ohio, just announced his change in position 10 days ago or so. primarily because of his son who is gay. dick chaney who has a gay daughter, similarly has long been in favor of this. but they are in the minority in the republican party. if you look at the trend lines, every group, doesn't matter what they are, age group, income group, party i.d., all of the lines are moving up. but the republicans are still wholly opposed to this. in the latest pew poll, 49% nationally support it, only 27% of republicans su
during the election campaigns they were not in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage. they don't have to run again for six years, they can see where public opinion is going. no democrat in the past in a presidential campaign has supported same-sex marriage until president obama. it's inconceivable that any of the people who run for the democratic nomination in 2016 will be opposed to legalizing it. doyle: what about on the republican side? >> the republican side is different. there are a...
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official and governor -- once a local elected official, always a local elected official. what i learned from that is partnership is what it's all about. if you want to confront the most vexing problems, you have to bring people across an ideological spectrum, you have to include the business community, you have to include our nonprofit, our faith leaders. that's how you get things done, when you bring people together. and i look around this room and i see that you have already figured that out. i hope some of you had the opportunity to meet lee hirsch because i've done a lot of work with him in the context of our bullying. one of my favorite memories in my experience with lee is that we watched this film together with about a thousand people in sioux falls, south dakota, it was remarkable to watch the reactions of the kids in sioux falls, parents, educators, and we did that same q and a when we were done. i appreciate the wonderful words of your superintendent, that was exactly the dynamic in sioux falls and that's the remarkable thing, superintendent, is that this issue
official and governor -- once a local elected official, always a local elected official. what i learned from that is partnership is what it's all about. if you want to confront the most vexing problems, you have to bring people across an ideological spectrum, you have to include the business community, you have to include our nonprofit, our faith leaders. that's how you get things done, when you bring people together. and i look around this room and i see that you have already figured that out....
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she could have 54 or 55% of the elector rate as women, and that will have an effect on elections all the way down the ticket. >> michael: yeah, such an interesting part of the way -- the equation that we look at in 2016. a "washington post" abc news post out today shows the divide and allowing path to citizenship, 73% of democrats, and 58% of independents support the path but only 35% of republicans do. how would you advise a 2016 republican hopeful to tackle immigration right now? >> well, listen, i would tell them if they want to have any hope of winning a general election, they are going to have to find a way to have immigration reform. the republicans came to discover that if they continue to alienate hispanics in this country, they can't win an election. so you have to find a way to do it even within the face of opposition within your own party. >> michael: christine pelosi what is standing in the way of this legislation getting through? >> the political will of the republican party. we do have some house members who would be willing to give the speaker the room that he needs to
she could have 54 or 55% of the elector rate as women, and that will have an effect on elections all the way down the ticket. >> michael: yeah, such an interesting part of the way -- the equation that we look at in 2016. a "washington post" abc news post out today shows the divide and allowing path to citizenship, 73% of democrats, and 58% of independents support the path but only 35% of republicans do. how would you advise a 2016 republican hopeful to tackle immigration right...
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tonight on r t assassinations bombings and attacks set the stage for the next iraqi election with resurgent al qaeda cells posting that they're stronger than ever we report. also angry crowds in cairo demand the resignation of the prosecutor general of the arrest warrants are issued for four leading pro-democracy activists. make it so pressured to end a hunger strike while our team battles to try to break a wall of silence from washington over the desperate weeks long campaign that. busts twenty one doctors it cleared of illegal protest charges in bahrain after spending two years behind bars while some still remain in legal limbo. over good evening news center tonight it's now nine pm moscow time first the nineteen people have been killed in a wave of suicide attacks on mosques in iraq is the latest in a bloody campaign that's playing on sectarian divisions regional iraqi election candidate narrowly escaped an attempt on his life after a bomb found in his home was disarmed five other candidates though how big killed in assassinations bombings and raids this month believed to be the work of
tonight on r t assassinations bombings and attacks set the stage for the next iraqi election with resurgent al qaeda cells posting that they're stronger than ever we report. also angry crowds in cairo demand the resignation of the prosecutor general of the arrest warrants are issued for four leading pro-democracy activists. make it so pressured to end a hunger strike while our team battles to try to break a wall of silence from washington over the desperate weeks long campaign that. busts...
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as a country prepares for its first opposed the patient election almost a dozen kind of explosions and attacks as the terror network flexes its military muscle proclaiming record operational strength that's still coming up. plus a stun grenades and some bombs and buff brave as and riot police dispose protesters calling for the regime's downfall one that after the break. your language killing a kid with no influential synesthesia some other. treatments that can sense your liking. true. true story. true. true. if you're. going to take free. free. free. free. free. free books videos for your media drug free media oh god our. thanks will stay with us so this is all twenty three people have been killed in five separate attacks on mosques in iraq the quick succession of suicide and complex also left more than one hundred injured the violence is believed to be the work of al qaida which has stepped up attacks ahead of provincial elections in april you political analyst eric draitser told us that this is all a part of a high level talks wall and follows directly from the u.s. occupation. ameri
as a country prepares for its first opposed the patient election almost a dozen kind of explosions and attacks as the terror network flexes its military muscle proclaiming record operational strength that's still coming up. plus a stun grenades and some bombs and buff brave as and riot police dispose protesters calling for the regime's downfall one that after the break. your language killing a kid with no influential synesthesia some other. treatments that can sense your liking. true. true...
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a slew of us us nations the bombings and attacks targeting iraqi election kind of the situations i had all the original. cells the book is saying that the is stronger than ever. bringing the jihad the u.k. fears its citizens fighting in syria could pose a terrorist threat when they return this while the british government pushes to supply arms to rebel fighters. and guantanamo inmates are pressured to end their hunger strike gowalla t's struggles to break a wall of silence from washington over the weeks long protests. thank you. international news analysis and reporter this is our duty with me to bomb would say. eighteen people have been killed a suicide attacks are struck several mosques in iraq for the deepening sectarian divisions the original iraqi election candidate also narrowly escaped an attempt on his life after a bomb found in his home was disarmed others have been less fortunate five candidates were killed in assassinations bombings and raids this month believed to be the work of al qaeda cells artie's loser cavanagh has just returned from the country and described to me the
a slew of us us nations the bombings and attacks targeting iraqi election kind of the situations i had all the original. cells the book is saying that the is stronger than ever. bringing the jihad the u.k. fears its citizens fighting in syria could pose a terrorist threat when they return this while the british government pushes to supply arms to rebel fighters. and guantanamo inmates are pressured to end their hunger strike gowalla t's struggles to break a wall of silence from washington over...
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the quick two-day visit will be the president's first visit to the area since his re-election. this time around, the president is set to attend four fund-raisers, two held tonight in san francisco, cocktail hour and a dinner at the getty mansion in pacific heights. tomorrow he will attend a brunch and lunch in aferton, running $32,000 a plate. the president will reportedly be using marine one to get around the bay area. so traffic shouldn't be as big an issue as past visits. various environmental groups protesting the proposed keystone xl pipeline will march from san francisco to the home of ann and gordon getty. the pipeline is an expansion of the keystone pipeline that transports synthetic crude oil. opponents of the project are concerned over possible oil spills and environmental impacts along that pipeline. keystone xl is awaiting the president's approval. >>> new this morning on the international scene, another sign of rising tensions on that korean peninsula, north korea denying hundreds of south korean workers access to a joint factory park in the north. and nearly 500 w
the quick two-day visit will be the president's first visit to the area since his re-election. this time around, the president is set to attend four fund-raisers, two held tonight in san francisco, cocktail hour and a dinner at the getty mansion in pacific heights. tomorrow he will attend a brunch and lunch in aferton, running $32,000 a plate. the president will reportedly be using marine one to get around the bay area. so traffic shouldn't be as big an issue as past visits. various...
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and security for elected officials in texas has been tightened following a series of killings. the bodies of a murdered district attorney and his wife were discovered on saturday. he is the third official killed in recent weeks. profilee is a high- police presence in the county, about 50 kilometers outside of dallas. officers accompany people from their cars to their door after three killings in recent weeks. we obviously have some folks that are out to do our necks to elected officials, so we take that very seriously, and our jobs, we have great confidence that we are being protected in our court house today. >> the district attorney and his wife were the latest victims, shot dead in their home, their bodies discovered in their home. he was shot several times, his wife just once. this comes after a deputy was shot and killed inside the courthouse where he worked. the otherr that, spoke directly to the killers. >> i hope that the people who did this are watching, because we are very confident that we are going to find you. >> police are said to be looking at links to the killin
and security for elected officials in texas has been tightened following a series of killings. the bodies of a murdered district attorney and his wife were discovered on saturday. he is the third official killed in recent weeks. profilee is a high- police presence in the county, about 50 kilometers outside of dallas. officers accompany people from their cars to their door after three killings in recent weeks. we obviously have some folks that are out to do our necks to elected officials, so we...
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we're going from crisis to crisis and nothing in the election change that. because our beloved nation is divided, the direction we should take as undecided as well and meanwhile the power of compounding is not our friend. our recovery is the weakest it's been in modern times. our entitlement programs everybody recognizes their unsustainable and grow in magnitude. regulations are updated. they're complex, costly and certainly creating way too much uncertainty. our education system does not help enough young people gain the power of knowledge to pursue their dreams as they see fit. debt levels are way too high and rising rather than declining. tax policy is cut way too complicated and punishes savings and success under social and economic mobility, something that used to define america and we've been proud of for legitimate reasons irrespective of where you start. you can achieve great things. that is diminished. we are the least economically mobile now. our country is changing our political system is not capable rate yet of being able to solve these problems.
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he just got re-elected. his first election in the senate was because lgbt folks came out in massive numbers to get rid of the biggest homophobe that ever served in the senate, rick santorum. the lgbt groups are talking to him and it's time for him to listen to them. >> the president, that was his favorite way to talk about his status, evolving. could that pay a political price in the long run for those that don't support marriage equality, at least in the near future? >> not for lisa murkowski. she's very independent. she beat a tea party guy and one is an independent. she votes with the democrats a decent percentage of the time from a very conservative red state. other republicans, look for them to start moving this way. i think the republican party has seen the ground shift underneath them and it startled them to a large degree. senator portman is a great example of this. you'll find others in the house as well. it's going to take a little more time because of their evangelical base. they just doesnn't wan
he just got re-elected. his first election in the senate was because lgbt folks came out in massive numbers to get rid of the biggest homophobe that ever served in the senate, rick santorum. the lgbt groups are talking to him and it's time for him to listen to them. >> the president, that was his favorite way to talk about his status, evolving. could that pay a political price in the long run for those that don't support marriage equality, at least in the near future? >> not for...
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he where it had a person who'd been elected to the senate by the people of victoria and you're straight in government he's not lifting a finger to help that person come back to australia i think it would be incumbent upon the australian government to exercise the diplomatic and political capital that it's got which struck her with london and with that washington to ensure the julian of sunshine not roughly return home and take his place in the senate away to see what happens in those elections a great a bonsai julian as long as campaign manager and formal swain in republican movement hate thank you for joining us thank you. as the u.k. government clamps down on spending public discontent is growing with brits feeling top politicians are out of touch with the everyday money worries and anxieties are first reports many m.p.'s have absolutely no experience of work outside their political career. young polish and politics meet britain's me political elite an assortment of multi-millionaires you studied at exclusive universities a recent study by the house of commons library with the one sev
he where it had a person who'd been elected to the senate by the people of victoria and you're straight in government he's not lifting a finger to help that person come back to australia i think it would be incumbent upon the australian government to exercise the diplomatic and political capital that it's got which struck her with london and with that washington to ensure the julian of sunshine not roughly return home and take his place in the senate away to see what happens in those elections...
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tam withdrew from the case because of some -- many things he said during the election campaign. >> well, mr. olson, is it your position that the only people who could defend a ballot, a law
tam withdrew from the case because of some -- many things he said during the election campaign. >> well, mr. olson, is it your position that the only people who could defend a ballot, a law
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much larger problem in america today right now any corporation with money to spend can team up with elected officials and slowly but surely tear away at our governmental protections it's really not even lobbying it's investing these companies will often make far more in profits than they spend on buying legislators like senator blunt it's an investment that has a measurable return investing in politicians it can be hugely profitable for generations corporations of flooded our democracy with mountains of corporate cash by an offer alike that officials left and right and while lawmakers could be bought and sold in the past and it was particularly bad during the gilded age and the war in twenties the situation is far worse today than in the living memory of most americans earlier this week i had former congressman bob ney on the big picture in my interview with him we talked about the state of politics today and the corrosive effect that money has on our democracy has been named went to jail for his involvement with discrete washington lobbyist jack abrams but he told me his interactions with
much larger problem in america today right now any corporation with money to spend can team up with elected officials and slowly but surely tear away at our governmental protections it's really not even lobbying it's investing these companies will often make far more in profits than they spend on buying legislators like senator blunt it's an investment that has a measurable return investing in politicians it can be hugely profitable for generations corporations of flooded our democracy with...
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elections it really could spark much much much further unrest than we've seen so far. this is all tea and food for thought while toughing austerity is biting families across britain the tons of food being thrown away every year later on here i'll see we meet the volunteers proving the perfectly good product for no reason i'll report on that and other stories after the break. about international and world in the very heart of moscow. it's good to have you with us here on our. show in moscow now the u.n. general assembly has passed a treaty to control the trade of conventional arms it prohibits the export of arms to countries on. weapons that could be used for war crimes or terrorism it also requires states to prevent conventional weapons from reaching the black market but as aussies guy in a reports many feel the deal is a big us clarity. the treaty that the un general assembly passed this tuesday is the first attempt by the international community to try and regulate global arms straight the treaty covers the export of conventional weapons and that's a long list that i
elections it really could spark much much much further unrest than we've seen so far. this is all tea and food for thought while toughing austerity is biting families across britain the tons of food being thrown away every year later on here i'll see we meet the volunteers proving the perfectly good product for no reason i'll report on that and other stories after the break. about international and world in the very heart of moscow. it's good to have you with us here on our. show in moscow now...
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non corrupt elections that really could spark much much much further unrest than we've seen so far. live from moscow this is arts he behind bars without charge and starving for justice hunger strikers at guantanamo bay have been engaged in a desperate act of defiance now for well nearly two months the risk of their health is growing rapidly but u.s. officials continue to downplay the scale of the crisis the military says thirty nine are refusing food but lawyers insist that number is three times higher people of other newscasts certainly clash head to head on this issue a bit later on our city. so these individuals that thomas keeps wanting described as innocent based upon the obama administration's review had the opportunity to go in front of a federal judge and get an order requiring their release and failed to do so so suggesting that the court has concluded there is a legal basis to hold them so i think thomas overstates his case and then with respect to what charles is saying you know if you don't find out so now because i try not to engage in a little spanish i don't want to e
non corrupt elections that really could spark much much much further unrest than we've seen so far. live from moscow this is arts he behind bars without charge and starving for justice hunger strikers at guantanamo bay have been engaged in a desperate act of defiance now for well nearly two months the risk of their health is growing rapidly but u.s. officials continue to downplay the scale of the crisis the military says thirty nine are refusing food but lawyers insist that number is three...
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south korean president is newly elected north korea doesn't want to test her limits and perhaps she's willing to change her policies towards north korea and the game's main objective is actually to start a dialogue with the u.s. with north korea's recent. what the u.s. calls provocations it's actually been easier for the united states to convince its military back into the studio something that the pentagon has said that it was wanting to do to rebalance back into east asia so because of this we've seen a larger increased presence of military expansion by the u.s. into east asia during these early one drills something that we haven't seen before we're seeing a lot of money spent despite the eighty five billion dollars budget cut that the u.s. is currently going through these threats from north korea or what people say are perceived threats have actually become common and lending to many people in south korea but this time around the rhetoric has actually gotten a lot harsher so many south koreans are actually getting more of an eerie feeling on what this might turn out to be i don't f
south korean president is newly elected north korea doesn't want to test her limits and perhaps she's willing to change her policies towards north korea and the game's main objective is actually to start a dialogue with the u.s. with north korea's recent. what the u.s. calls provocations it's actually been easier for the united states to convince its military back into the studio something that the pentagon has said that it was wanting to do to rebalance back into east asia so because of this...
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if he gets six to seven percent of the rules but he says going to get elected at the moment he's polling around about twenty five to twenty seven percent that he's twenty five to twenty seven. a strange shade i would vote for julia surgery starting from a very high price which is going to come down a bit in context of the campaign but it's a very good place to start. over half a million britons worse off families about to have their belts a time to even more a new un president a set of conflicts coming into force including the much maligned bedroom tax which will see social housing tenants have their benefits slashed if they have a spare room let's take a closer look now it's just one room for each adult or couple now it doesn't matter if you have to sleep separately due to illness children under ten that should a bedroom whatever the gender age all sixteen years are expected to share if they of the same gender adults with disabilities and people with foster children have to plead the case to justify the different rooms gibson from sheffield council says the government is hitting those w
if he gets six to seven percent of the rules but he says going to get elected at the moment he's polling around about twenty five to twenty seven percent that he's twenty five to twenty seven. a strange shade i would vote for julia surgery starting from a very high price which is going to come down a bit in context of the campaign but it's a very good place to start. over half a million britons worse off families about to have their belts a time to even more a new un president a set of...